Can't get $_POST values (php, html)
forms, include, php, post, scope
Solution
Make sure you don't have any kind of redirects, since you're using index.php to save data, you're probably reloading the page to show the updated comments. And if you're reloading, there'll be no data on $_POST to be printed by print_r().
Problem
I can't get the $_POST['name'] values sent from an html form on my php file. I've seen lots of similar questions but nothing helped. I have lot's of includes so I believe it's a scope issue, but I can't figure it out. index.php ``` print_r($_POST); //Returns nothing, tried other ways too //lot's of variables being defined include 'sql_data_handlers.php'; //instantiating some things ``` sql_data_handlers.php ``` //some functions retrieving data from sql db and finally: include($DOCUMENT_ROOT . "page.html"); ``` page.html ``` //html stuff <?php //Some conditions include($DOCUMENT_ROOT . "comment_form.html"); ?> ``` comment_form.html ``` <form action="index.php" name="comment_form" id="comment_form" method="post"> <input type="text" name="name" value="Anonymous" required><br> //lot's of inputs <input type="submit"> </form> ``` I used to have `action="send_comment.php"` but I realized it could be turned into a function so I ctrl+c and adapted `send_comments.php` to a function on `sql_data_handlers.php`. The problem is, now I can't get the `$_POST` values on `index.php` to use in the function on `sql_data_handlers.php` (which is included in `index.php`). I would use `action="my_php_function_from_data_handlers.php($args)"` if it was possible, but I guess it isn't. btw, I already tried `action=""`. This may seem pretty messy but this way I only need one .html for the site layout, pages are on the sql and the .php files do all the job. Complete source of all files (pretty big, still working on it): http://pastebin.com/2nRuCpNx